SOUTH SUDAN VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,028	10	2,930	+ 13,098
Stroke	2	15,357	9	3,541	+ 11,816
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,950	29	543	+ 8,407
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,527	1	9,918	- 1,391
Lung Cancers	5	5,484	49	164	+ 5,320
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,463	36	360	+ 5,103
Lung Disease	7	5,334	23	894	+ 4,441
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,482	17	1,312	+ 3,170
Kidney Disease	9	3,489	20	1,090	+ 2,399
Stomach Cancer	10	3,151	44	241	+ 2,910
Prostate Cancer	11	2,643	35	409	+ 2,234
Breast Cancer	12	2,485	26	695	+ 1,791
Other Injuries	13	2,411	18	1,207	+ 1,204
Hypertension	14	2,340	19	1,131	+ 1,209
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,077	54	109	+ 1,969
Lymphomas	16	2,001	34	422	+ 1,578
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,925	46	192	+ 1,733
Liver Cancer	18	1,581	38	346	+ 1,235
Suicide	19	1,459	33	425	+ 1,033
Bladder Cancer	20	1,457	56	88	+ 1,369
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,418	52	125	+ 1,293
Liver Disease	22	1,401	12	1,823	- 422
Falls	23	1,285	41	269	+ 1,016
Leukemia	24	1,264	40	314	+ 950
Oral Cancer	25	1,135	43	259	+ 876
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,131	45	217	+ 915
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,043	7	4,063	- 3,019
Other Neoplasms	28	812	66	14	+ 798
Oesophagus Cancer	29	775	31	435	+ 340
Skin Cancers	30	652	51	127	+ 524
Epilepsy	31	517	50	152	+ 364
Uterin Cancer	32	505	60	66	+ 439
Ovary Cancer	33	495	47	188	+ 307
Cervical Cancer	34	409	25	761	- 351
HIV/AIDS	35	398	2	7,915	- 7,517
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	287	3	7,270	- 6,983
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	284	48	186	+ 98
Tuberculosis	38	265	8	3,771	- 3,506
Skin Disease	39	252	55	97	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	40	244	11	2,020	- 1,775
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	210	53	121	+ 89
Anemia	42	188	81	0	+ 188
Asthma	43	182	28	587	- 405
Drug Use	44	160	63	33	+ 127
Alcohol	45	138	62	53	+ 85
Fires	46	135	32	433	- 299
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	123	65	16	+ 107
Violence	48	120	15	1,584	- 1,464
Hepatitis C	49	108	69	11	+ 97
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	103	84	0	+ 103
Drownings	51	99	30	466	- 367
Low Birth Weight	52	98	6	4,339	- 4,241
Malnutrition	53	98	14	1,660	- 1,562
Multiple Sclerosis	54	70	72	4	+ 66
Schizophrenia	55	61	83	0	+ 61
Meningitis	56	53	13	1,780	- 1,726
Poisonings	57	36	42	259	- 223
Osteoarthritis	58	36	85	0	+ 36
Hepatitis B	59	32	57	77	- 44
Birth Trauma	60	30	5	5,210	- 5,181
Appendicitis	61	26	61	65	- 39
Upper Respiratory	62	18	59	70	- 52
Maternal Conditions	63	9	16	1,521	- 1,512
Syphilis	64	4	37	351	- 347
Oral conditions	65	4	86	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	70	6	- 3
Encephalitis	67	2	64	32	- 31
Leishmaniasis	68	1	21	1,005	- 1,004
War	69	1	27	614	- 613
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	39	334	- 334
Pertussis	72	0	24	784	- 784
Tetanus	73	0	22	937	- 937
Diphtheria	74	0	67	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	73	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	58	72	- 72
Malaria	78	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	71	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	68	11	- 11
Dengue	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Portugal

South Sudan

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.